There is a way for Green Bay to gain some breathing room Mike Spofford
GREEN BAY - Well, suddenly things are a lot less complicated than they were a week ago.
With the Packers having secured the NFC North title and tied the Saints for the best record in the NFC at 10-3 - with the head-to-head tiebreaker in hand - Green Bay needs no more help in order to secure the No. 1 seed for the NFC playoffs. With that top spot comes the only first-round bye in this year's new playoff structure, plus home-field advantage of course.